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Foss Enterprise.
SENTIMENT OF
THE PRESIOENT
cattlemen to get pastures TITLES ARE
INVOLVED
NEW STATE NEWS
Oklahoma t«>«tmaster*
Driftwood. Frank Traverse; TI roll.
Jacob Wymaa.
A little thing like million dollar
Are dortn't stop cotton buying la
Chickasha.
Shawnee paper* are wagiag war
against a gentleman wto organises
humane societies In the new state 'or
the humane object ut feathering his
o*tjL ni'4
. T*H| bsMes, twin calves and twin
eeAta iwe reverted M being born In
one *> < > a n * state I""" Tbla
ta carry ten prosperity a Hltle too far.
The Tesas s 4 Kaaaas fruit er«p*
•to M this KW" aad 'h* l>kla
twma fr H giower* will Bhely «*t •
big prlee for their frnlt tMe year
Larger Tracts May be Leased. But
One Year la the Time Limit
OUTIIIE. Secretary I'rei L Wen-
ncr of th j territorial school land lean-
ing board etatea that rattk-men will
— 1,8 able to leaae about one-third of
NrW STATE CONSTITUTION NOW .he l.i.iu.SSS «>« <*£"*>* ln UNITED STATES SUIT 1HOUOHT
IN HIS HANDS
Representative Wataon Asks That He
Indicate What He Will Do
In Order to Avoid
Needleaa Expense
and Labor
extreme western Oklahoma, which
were donated to the new state by the
enubling act. All the laud" could be
leased. If It were possible for the
board to make a longer leaae than for
on* year, but this Is Impossible for
the reason that with statehood a new
administration of the school land of-
fice will he In power.
The recent order by Secretary J. R
AGAINST MUSKOOEEITES
WASHINGTON: Representative „f the Interior department
Watson of Indiana baa submitted to l)lu( |ltM prevh
ih.- president a copy of the new state pot apply
istltui
Indicate
apu
with the request that be |,oma. make It i« snlble to r
Petition Statoa That Creek Nation
Harf Been Defrauded by Spec-
ulator*—Suit I* Result of
Foulk lnv**tlgation
Race nlly
MU8KOOEK-. The United State*,
anil fencing order acting for the Creek atalon. has cora
lands In tVla menced suits against alleged 1 >t grab
'ego- ),era In several town* In the nation
ill ;her he will or will not nu,|„„. wl.a cattlemen for .he lease niany lots were Illegally
... . i . . . • . a . I.. il.lr.l of lliu
red for half their value. The suit
la brought by M. L. Mott. attorney
closed April 15th. aad ou lhat day the , tate think It
tremendous business, them to nominate candidate*
state offices and then conduct
saloon did
taking In $ 1.500.
_ constitution. of the land*. Only oue-ihlrd of the
copy of ihe constitution suV- unds. however, are In large enough
milled bv Mr. Watson Is the first au- tracts to Induce ihe cattlemen to lease „_,i.
ilienue . py of lhat liisiniment that them, the remainder ai a rule being for the Creek nation, an *
has reached Washington. Wataon Is In much amaller tracts. of the Investigation of William Uudl y
a brother of Charles Watson, clerk The first order of Secretary Oar- K„ulk ,he .pedal representative of
til the Justices of the Oklaho field refusing li> Interfere In regad to t|)(_
aa supreme court, aad he 1* said to tae Oglahoma lands, pevented their ^ defeBdmIlti the ci
sent It here belt'* leased In the cattlemen for the ^ prom|neD,. p. l>„rter.
-X|.l:. ti lug his reason for sub- reason that all fences must come nulon Is made
down Ilia lale order, however, holds tke Crees niaion,
that these lands are no longer public ant In most < f the cases The Mos
ould be ioollah"for domain In lhat the enabling act gives kogee Title and Trust company is a
them to the new state and lhat there d„f,,nd«ru |n two cases and D. H.
fore the aulI fencing order cannot ap
ply-
have
milling It lo the president. Wataon
The last aaloon la Stillwater waa said: "The repuhlicana of the aew
s* filed
hlef of
defend-
Pottawatomie county ha* 5.00#
acres in potatoes, estimated to be
J.J00 car loads, valued at 1300.000.
pensive and laborious campaign to
elect those candidate* if their work
la to be for naught, through the re-
fusal of the president to approve the
Middleton, president of the City Na
tlonal bank, la defendant In another
and Marlon B. Sawyer, a stenogra
and the green bugs cannot get at constitution."
them, either. Tbe president did not say whether
_____ he would In advance announce his
Kansas City has entered Into the poultioii regarding the constitution,
lists with Tulsa, for the republlcr-
national convention.
This construction of the law means
much to tbe educational Inatltutlons
of Oklahoma, as the cattlemen and pher. who has been In the employ of
other* having these new college .and*
foil cod within their pasture* are ready
"Another Oil Strike" appear* with
unvarying monotony In the Creek
country papers.
OKLAHOMA WHEAT NOW 60.8
Twenty Per Cant and 62.5 of Oats, to
Be Plowed Up
OUTHRIK: Returns from 314 crop
correspondent* of the Oklahoma h ard
of agriculture, representing 27S town
The town board of Cement h s ships, compiled by Secretary C A.
called an election for the first M n- McNabb. show whear crop condition
day In May. The cltliens. lrrespect- 60.8 per cent of normal and oat. crop
£« *'«<, - -•:
e * ' counties. The green bug Is held prl
and willing to pay rent for the cur-
rent year if allowed to keep their fenc-
es up. Mr Wenner Is now arranging
for closing Up Ihese leases with the
cattlemen for the current year.
GATES GETS NEW FIELD
who was shot and killed
thee part of peacemaker In a quarrel
between two men at Jenks, was sent
to Toledo. O.. where his parent* re-
side. demons was but a boy and
bore a good reputation.
The people of Hobart have organ-
(ted for the purpose of holding a Chau-
tauqua some time In the month of
' June. A program haa been arranged
that will give the people of Hobart
and Kiowa county an opportunity to
hear thee best talent on the chautau-
qua circuits.
McAlester
and chicken farmer* People are do-
ing things on such a big scale In that,
vicinity that amall stuff haa to be
ahlpped In.
James 8 Davenport of Vinita has
Indian Inspector for several
yeara, la a defendant In two cases,
while C W Turner and Frederick B.
Severs, an adopted cltisen of the na
11. n. are mentioned as defendanta In
nearly ail the aults. Other defend
ants are A. Z. English, Julius M
Miller, K. L. Baugh, H. C. Jacob*, the
Creek Realty company, a corporation.
There are five separate suits and
the same defendants are mentioned In
nearly every one, except that Pleas-
ant Porter and C. W. Turner alone
are named as defendants In one suit.
In the aults filed It appears that the
contention oenters around the lota
that were acheduled to F. B. Severs.
C. W. Turner, Chief Porter and A. Z.
English, they being charged with hold-
ing more lots than the other*.
Special Interest will attach to the
holdings of Marlon It Sawyer. Bev-
chednlcd to her orlgl
untrol of that com- nally. Others she had purchased
it waa also made since. She was ln Ihe employment of
enter this tleld the government at the time as a ate-
PANIC AT JAMESTOWN
Roosevelt Formally Opens Great Ter-
centennial Exposition
NORFOT.K. VA : President Roose-
velt. the diplomatic, naval and mill
tar* representatives of {orelgn na
tf as and the governors of a score
of states participated In the opening
exercises of the Jamestown Tercen-
tennial exposition. Tbe exposition li
far from complete, but thle was not
alowed to Interfere In any way with
the celebration of the JOOth anniver-
sary of the English^ aetllement In
Ai.o rica.
From tbe firing of a sunrise salute
f 3011 guns by the I'nlted States
army, through the plctureaque review
of tbe International fli*t of war vea-
sela anohored ln Hampton Koads.
through the ceremonies of dedication
at 'wblcli the president ►poke and
down to a lale hour at night, when
the chief executive went aboard the
naval yacht to spend tile night, the
day waa crowded with n table Incl
denta.
Of eapeclal note amo^B||^k day's
events was the uction of a^^kldent
in assuming command of the situation
In front of the crowded grandstand
from which he sjmke when a panic
seized the surging throng of specta-
tors. Pressed against the guard ro|jes
by thousanda < f eager person*, the
-afety of those who had the more fa-
vorable positions was endangered.
President Roosevelt had just been
Introduced by Harry St. George Tuck-
er. head of the exposition company,
hen Ihe disorder and unrest in the
r wd reached Its height and the civil
guards In front of the grand atand
seemed about to be swept from the!
Farmers' Unions Wage
War on Cotton Seed Trusi
Pe-ru-na Relieves
Spring Catarrh.
commits Ic
which the
the Inte
i at Mi
ere was a heir-
tate eomm-'ree
it his. Tens.. In
pay toy tec
. than 110 for seed,
tereby a cotton gin
l manager or owner |
eight rate on cotton seed
from points In Oklahoma and Indian
Territories to Memphis was Investl-
Mied. The secretary of tho
homa state union sent a copy of the
letter which be hid prepared for dla-
trtbutlon to the m?mV rs cf the Farm-
ers' union in the
cular.
.'iipress on you and th
give this the very earlle
any answer to this
ilr
the
attoi
hearing. Thi
IT 1
Cromwell. ^ r use a'. I
letter follows:
Shawnee. Okla..
Brethren: I n 1. r the direc
the governs of this territory
tnrney general. Hen. W. O. Cr
and with the assistance of Ho
Fmbry. Inlted Sti'.ea attorn
Investigation ha
rs fraternally.
(Sljned I B.C.1IANSON.
Secretary and Treaaurer.
Tides to I At the heiring In Memphis. Hon.
lioa. W. O. I \v O. Cromwell, attorney general
from Oklahoma, Intervened In the suit
l,r ,r.\ I l.y t!i'.' Memphis freight bu
•au main t tbe Fort Smith ft West-
ton of rrn u:id the K:" co. The investigation
the at a< it proceeded convinced the atlor-
imwell. _ ney sentrai that It w u!d be better ;
a. Jot'n' for the cotton *<ed interests of the
ey. an ternt >il<-s aad for the fanners who
to ill- were ef. -rt i! by the hlgli
quire whether or not Ihcre Is In ex- i.iitou se-d t
I.Mencc a cotton seed oil MM. The InK In •IM
governor has become satisfied that for ih'- trt<
the uniform price pa'd for cnttoji see.] j investig.->t< d
lhrpu*hout tbe terltories at all sla- ] i.ta'rit haf l>
lions and at all mills was a result of | direction of
ubtaln another hear-
all the cotton seed rale*
territories c.uld be fully
For this reaton a com
'ti prepared under the
Governor Frauta. lit
eli
combination in restraint of trade, which Julg" Crum
This you Unow Is forbidden by the have the Interstate com
[Sherman antltruet act. In order to | mission investigate at oi
make an action In th." I'nited MM parity of the railroad rat
I courts effi-ctlve. the MttlrtUW WHl SSSi a« IBIIMlt with
have evidence, that Is t i siv. legil IWfcklt SBSk *•* ccttun s<
j profif. as distinguished fr«m fiirtnlse. and other by pr ducts, at
belief, suggestions (r opinion. The invcsllsa'e the rl ht of t.i
will ask t ■*
tnerce corn-
ice the dls
e on cotton
cotton seed
■ed oil, mea'.
well as to
carrier*
m
Reported that Hia Company la B*com-
Ptiy Active In Okmulge*
OKMl'I.OEE: The oil situation hen-
lias settled down to where these Inler
estod are busy makiiiK bona-tldo
deeds ll Is exacted by all that the
new well Is good for one or two thous-
and barrels and that the Okmulgee
The body of Chauncay Clemona. niarlly responsible for the damage to |(00, ,B a RUre thing
hn was ahot and killed while acting both crops. The original wheat acre- 0ne of lh(, aurprlaes Is the advent
age la damaged 35 per cent by th* . piirough the plpo line slluatlon llates
pest. has gained coutroi of the Texaa oom-
In aeveral counties, notably Cana- (iuny um. and Is competelng atronc-
dlan, Comanche and Ixigan, there will I |y W(th the Oulf IJne company. The
probably tie no wheat harvested. , Texas company expects to run «ni
Daniare la reported from every coun- mouth. With the report that era! lota
ty exrept Day. whlrh growa very little Qatea had gained
wheat. The 1 as Is heavy In all ex- j p,inJ the statem
cepl northwest counties, where the j n,at he would ti
wheat crop la alway* light. In Ihe ului play a strong hand In the buying nographer.
large wheat counties the lowest dam- of crude oil aa well us leases. ny the Creek treaty under which
HgH Is In Woods, where It waa 13.5 A representative of the Texaa com- th(. towns of over 200 population were
per real. Additional reports alnce pany slated that while OateB might segregated trom all table land. It was
, ahow It may reach 25. have secured control he did not lie- pro„|ded that tiersons who were ln
The largeat Is In Kingfisher. 67.8. Ileve that hlj company would make p0iBeiil0n 0f iota by virtue of Im-
, nt« truck and Prult Only one re|iort In «Ighteen there any altemiit to bu.i the local mar- prove,mPnt« were entitled to have Ihe
showed leaa than 60 per cent dam- ket unlll the pipe Hue was completed. Jo(j( g(.hedu.^„
age In the rest of the wheat belt Reliability Is attached lo the atate- prnment „n(j they were to pay to the
proper, the damage runs from 20 per ment of another aud more active oil Crpt,k nta|on one.haif f the appraia-
cent In Kay lo 80 In Noble. Twenty man who asserts lhat Ihe Uatea In- va)up nol B0 lcheduled were
per cent < f wheal will be plowed up. forests are contracting for either a besold at auction. No persoR was
The original wheal acreage is 8 per barrel cif oU or an allowed to hold more than four acre*.
~~ "" and that much only under certain cir-
cumstances.
The Creek nation claims that It has
been defrnnded out ef vast amounts
of money becauae the defendanta had
b" a "sboTt" dl*tance"aparr and that j hundred, of lota scheduled In the
the rivalrv haa been intense. With name* of persons who did not own
John W dates at Ihe head of the ; them In fact, and that the defendants
. „ . , .. „ , ... . . Texae company and the Mellon s fl- | paid the one-half appraisement and
field of oats is attacked the destnic- (tle ,f „u„ developments after the deeds were Issued to the
will become Interesting. , persons on the schedule, these per-
sons made quit claim deeds to the
defer dant*.
The relief that the Creek nation
prays Is that the deeds to the I t
question be cancelled and that the lots
revert to the Creek nation. This will
affect hundreds of lots In every town
ln the Creek nation If the ntaion
vvldence of this combination, or any jto discriminate as; nst cotton seed in
other combination, Is to b- Indirect or favor of forn or oth-r products. Tho
circumstantial evidenre, which. If II aid which Ihe Farmers' union pro-
fits flawlemlv. Is much more convinc- pn-o* to furnish In this mvestlg.1-
Ine than direct evidence can be Hon Is of the most welc me charac-
It ia needless for me to express toiler. This co-operation between tho
,k vou the lmoortancc of this Investlga- producer* who have suifered most by
post*. The president jumped upon the ^ ( rsn on|y urR# yf(U , , .„,isl ,h(. impositions of the cotton seed oi'
the government and the attomei e n trusts and tbe aliened discriminatory
eral by all means ln your power, ily ; practice of the railroads pr misea to
doing ao you are not only helping bring about such roll, f that a repetl-
yourself but Ihe government in put- lion or tlila year's condition will be
ting down thnoxlous trusts. Impossible. This is or grant Import-
Please send at your very earliest ;ince to cotton raisers of the two ter-
convenience any stVement from any ritories and Ihiv cannot be loi
brother or farmer showing: 'strongly limed to send any Informs-
First—Tho distrietini; or Ihe coun Hon thai they may h;
try In Buch a way that seed Is not the conditions complained ot either
bought at nny mill or any gin that to the governor or lo the attorney
Is not pleasing to any oil Iru3t. p neral i f Oklahoma whether relat-
Second—The ofrer. on the part <1 Ing to specific railroad rates,or to the
any brother, to sell bis cotton seed ! practices of tlie cotton seed mills In
at iii<v price and the uniform rern: al stifling compctlllon.
table which had been placed In thi
speaker's balcony and cried out to the
men of Virginia to live up to their
traditions of gallantry and ceaae Ihe
pushing and crowding which was
threatening the Uvea of the women
and children In the assemblage.
Tbe crowd heeded the president's
warning, but when he had pettled
down Into hir speech the Imense au-
dience became uneasy again and
those on the outskirts began to press
forward once more ln their auxlety to
The president was Interrupted,
and mouthed oHIcers and men of Ihe
I'nlted States cavalry were called lr.
to take, charge. They rode up and
d' wn along the front of the crowd
and gradually opened t up and re-
loved the pressure, wheh at one time
threatened to hurl an avalanche of
humanity against the president's
stand and the boxes occupied by the
diplomat*. A detachment of artillery
men alsa were called Into service aad
the thousands of people settled down
Into a peaceful assemblage.
Tho ceremonies were brief, the fea-
ture being the addresses of F
*1K* POHA WAV DEN.
"Without hesitation 1 write to thamk
yon for the great relief / hue found ir
yi>nr valuable medieiue, J'erumti, ana
i. ill call the attention of all my frundt
*u/frriii.f with tatarrh to that /act. Be-
tides / cheerfully recommend it to all suf-
fering with catarrh in any form. '
Miss Iktra Ifayden, Stg 6th St., S. II'.,
Washington, D. C.
A Case ol Spring Catarrh.
Mrs. N P. Lawler, s;:!); N.Broadway,
i'illaburr< Kaa., writes: "Last spring 1
cautfht u severe cold, which developed
into
Siek,
catarrh.
iud could neitliei
felt
eat
uk I
Hoc sleep v
"A member of our club who had been
cured of catarrh through the use of l'e-
ron u<lvi-id me to try it. audi did so
at once. I expected li'elp. but nothing
c concerning like the wonderful change fur the better
I observed almost as soon as 1 started
taUiog it. In tiiree days I felt much
li 'tier, und within two weeks I was in
fine health. I'eruua la a wonderful
medicine."
INDICTMENTS ARE VALID
WILL GET A CHANCE TO QUIT
Judge Garber Upholds True Bill Territory Brewing Company Other-
Against Alleged Trust wist Must Stand Prosecution
QUTHH1E: Following a two days' ARDMORE: The New Stale Brew-
argument by Attorney J. K. Keaton of |ng company of Oklahoma City will
i Oklahoma City, representing S. M |)(, g|ven a., opportunity to quit do-
| Oloyd. a lumber dealer « r that cltv bllsln,.,g ln Indian Territory with-
and by John Embry or Gut.irle, Hull-
ed States district attorney, the federal
I lndictmenta against various lumber
doulers were held good by Associate
Justice Milt Garber of Enid, who is
Chamois ikins Irom Sheep.
Chamois akins la a majority of
cases, according to a United States
consular report recently Issued, are
really an oil tanned sheep or lamb
skin lining. The supply of skins from
the chamois Is very limited. Enough
could nol be obtained In a year to
supply the I'nlted States for more
than a single day. a fair average
ith an Indictment crop from Switzerland being only
This i
tnaonnced hU"candidacy for the dem- cent less than last year Twenty™
erratic nomination for congress from counties show a decrease; only five
Ihe Third district. This district eom-
an lncrea
price* the Creek. Seminole and Cher- northwest,
okee nst Ions.
and those are in tho
A new modern hotel which l« to be
called the Klhelah will be built at
Pawhuska this summer.
Oats damage by green bugs Is 70
per rent. No damage Is reported from
l>By and Woodward, and practically
none from Heaver and Hewey. A'l
others suffered heavily. Wherever a
who asserts that the Uatea In-
terests are contracting for either a
barrel of oil or an lnulan allotment.
It haa been a noticeable feature
many offers and a few of their deals
are closed. In this connection it will
be of Interest to note that through ]
tills pool the Texas company pipe
line and that the Oulf company are !
lots scheduled to them by the gov- j>resi(jent Roosevelt The latter a'
the conclusion of his address, pressed
the gold button which formally mark-
ed the opening o(.the commemorative
enterprise.
THE MAN WHO STARTED IT
who was indicted
A negro who says that he is more
than a hundred years old has been
found living a« a hermit In a hollow
tree along Ihe banks or the Arkansas
river. It Is said that be has a bank
Sfcount In Muskogee.
•omplete. not In spots like
wheat.
The original oats acreage ts heav-
ily Increased over last year, averaging
I" 4 per cent for the territory. The
proportion of oats that will he plowed
up on account of hug damage I" est!-
The cltlxens of Stillwater have mated at 82 5 per cent. It Is difficult
raised a |12,000 bonus for the Caney, to tell what crops will he jmt In
Oklahoma A Western road that pro- where fields are plowed up. I.ahor
posed to build from Caney to Paw- Is scarce In many localities and fields
huska. thence to Blsckburn and Still- may lie fallow till wheat planting
water to Guthrie and Kingfisher. time next fall.
Chickasha has reached that pinnacle
where It has n "Keep It Clean" club
It has Just past the "clean up stage.
The cold weather and the cold rain
has been kind to the farmer Whi«"
fruit has escaped by Ihe skin of the
teeth." thechlnch bug lias received a
backset that will be or great value
to the corn. It had become active
i fully a month earlier than usual, and
1 countless eggs liav-i been deposited.
The cold weather has shortened their
season by stopping their activity.
he result of a coherence
dent Tucker of the exp sitlon and priding here In place of Judge John I here between 11. Y Thompson of Ok-
" ~ "* h. Bnrtord, who was sworn off the k.homa City, president of Ihe New
bench by the Indicted lumbermen. Slate Brewing company; August
In representing Mr. Gloyd. who Is nUych. the iprlnclpal stockhrVlderii;
cne of the lumbermen under indict- g1)e(.j#| ^ent 0f the Interior Depart-
ment, Mr. Kenton presented a demur ^ ^ William E. Johnson and District
rer to the Indictments and ari:ued
that the matter as charged In the |.,- Alt rnej Walker
, dictments did not constitute a public Augustus u«ch.
Gray Haired Logan County Farmer offense and that the indictment did with the other officers of the Oltla-
Responsible for Rate Reduction charge that a public offense had been | homa Brewing company, wanted to
GUTHRIE: It Is lo W. O. Mitchell. romm|tted within this county. This j j0|„ his father. Adolphus Ilusch of
gray haired, modest Logan county w>g ,n gubstance the same argument, j gt Louis, on a trip to Europe. He
rarmer, that the credit must be given | pre0ented several weeks ago by at j wa8 advl*ed not to do so while un-
tor starting the railroad rate reduc- torneys rrom Kansas City, who l lU,r |ndirtment in Ihe United Btates
4ion movement In Okiahoma that has name cases sought before Jink'.- |)r| >n(j for (t)|s rrason came here
been taken up.by Governor Frantz. I Burfcrd to have tho indictments ( i S(,'{.ure an interview with the fed-
until now It Is one cf the state wide I ^^hed against Harry A..Gorsuch of 1 , authol.lt|eg,
movements. > . Kansas City, secretary of thme South- |
Mr Mitchell raises much wheat, i wegtcrn Lumber Dealers' association
out r sccutlon but '
hanging over It, or must fight the case about 5,000 to 6.000 skins. The^ cha-
in Ihe courti
niois skin is heavier than tlie skin of
the sheep or lamb, and much coarser.
For strength and durability the cha-
mois Is preferable, but for ordinary
use and appearance the oil-tanned
aheepBkln lining would, in most In-
stances. be preferred.
BABY IN TERRIBLE STATE.
Awful Humor Eating Away Face—
Body a Mass of Sores—Cuticura
Cures In Two Weeks.
and It has been his plan to ship di- I ""A'j H~For*eman. manager at Kan I The Oklahoma anu soap
rect to Galveston Instead of selling - ^ C.ty'for the Long-Hell company ^'r^owr'^ce^^.trheir.^ ofOI
to a middle man. Two years ago ,„ Itlirford „ lhal time held the <'•>« following ofHcers at their sixth of O
he thoiieht the rrelaht rates were ex. „1„„i and Judge Garber annual session at Oklahoma tlty. an I t
ALLOTMENTS COMPLETED
LUMBER TRUST'S PROBE
Complete Roster of Five Civilised
Tribe* Has Been Prepared
W A a H I N GTON: Commissioner
Guthrie Mllllonsire Is Immunity Wit-
nets for th* Prosecution
1 GUTHRIE: All persons indicted In
connection with the operation of
win the case. In the suits filed sev-
eral hundred lots are specifically de-
scribed.
In cases where the lots are still In
possession of the defendants the pe
iltlon asks that the lots be turned
back ti> Ihe Creek ntaion, and In
cases where the lots have been sold
to Innocent purchasers, it asks that
the original holders of the lots be
he thought the freight rates were
cesslve and complained, later filing a
suit with the Interstate commerce
commission. His suit is still pend-
ing.
FAVOR DEPOSED GOVERNOR
An Oklahoma man. seventy year*
of age. haa been sentenced to prison WASHINGTON: tommissioner connec.o.u «• ~ ^ (Q ,he Crepk natlon ,
lor ninety nine year* for murder; but l^upp of the Indian oWce Completed alleged lumber trust were arraigned value or lots No claim Is
or course he may get the usual com- the allotment of the rolls or the rive for trial here In the rederal court ' 1 ,ng( pregetl, holders who are
mutation of time for good behavior. civilised tribes. The number of fier- Mond„. They are charged In the ,noncent purchasers nor Is it Intended
" *" ""1°* *n', mh" with violating th Sher ^ t ,hp ,otg ghall bc hc)d to rorce a
sons enrolled In all tribes and
Oklahomans may complain of the share the distribution of tribal lands
dust and wind, but there Is some con-
solation In the ract that no one has
frozen to death this spring. It would
hurry some of the states to say as
much.
Among tho coming events In Chick-
asha are the slate bunkers' conTen
tlon ln May aud the chautauqua ln
June. The state convention of osteo-
paths will also meet there Needless
to say Chickasha will show them a
good time.
The University ol Oklahoma will
put a force In Ihe field to look up
geographical and enthologlcal ralica
ot the new atate.
■I funds aggregate 101.250. divided
Dy tribes aa follows:
Choctaws by blood. 17.40S; Choc-
tawa by Intermarriage, 1.5K9; Choc-
taw ftvedmen, 5.99B. Total. 2I.H8S.
Chlckasuws by blood. 5.7.7. Chicka-
saw* by Intermarriage. B35; Chicka-
saw treed men, 4.670. Total. 11.0S2.
Mississippi Choctaw* by blood.
1.6.19.
Creeka by blood. 11.89E..
freednien. 6,SOI. Total. 1S.6M.
Semlnolea by bl od. 2.135; Semi-
nole freednien. 986 Total. 3.121.
Cherokee* by blood. 36,366; Chero-
kees Int/ermarrled. 386; registered
lVlaw
1.931.
i Indictments
! man anti-trust law by pooling
and
settlement.
keeping up the price ot lumber, by The deeds to all these lots are gov-
destroying competition. | ernment patents. They were signed
Those under Indictment Include by Chief Porter for the Creek nation.
of Kansas City, sec- | and were approved and signed by the
Harry Go:
retary of the Southwestern Lumber-
man's association: F. H. Foreman,
manager for the Long-Bell Lumber
company of Kansas City; T H. and
T It Hogg of Shawnee. S. C. Allen
Creek of peckham. S. M. Gloyd ot Oklahoma
City und J. P Marshall, all retail lum-
ber dealer* ln Oklaht
secretary of Inteior.
ire*. 197
Total. 11,7
Wage Scale for Teacher*
GUTHRIE: At the meeting of the
bqard of regent* fur normal schools
here a uniform schedule for the teach-
ers' salaries In the three normal
r — schorls was adopted. In the past there
All the defendants appeared here have been many inequalities ln the
on Februnry 22 and demurred to tbe aalarlca. The salarres are graduated
Indictments, but they were held good according to aervlce for the various
Chrri kea freednien. judge Iturford and cach detendant positions. A uniform cour*e of study
was also adopted.
Funds for Caleb Powers
GUTHRIE James H. M ore of
Barbersvllle. Ky. Is In Guthrie seek-
ing financial aid for Caleb Power*,
who In June will h*v* fcla fourth trial
la Georgetown. Ky. "■ a charge of
complicity ln the asA*s iualh* ni
Oewernor Oo b*l. All of Powers
• an aud property kave been e*
pewited t* defending himself la fc>e-
Wrtrt trials aad aid I* being **k«d now
from reptibllrsws everywhere to assist
%i*> flaaarially. Pr «e b s b«w la
tall arv s yswrs aad Is now ia r
tody M tMwgrtnwn awaiting trial
*!• Modf* mil «tsM other towus la
A jrws* ««r* tls hhmsiw*! fcad
(fsaay HmsismI (no* trv-rw pianl«d an
tke WVhi's ? ■■■* eeserw >w liS
M* KtiSlh- > f • (*« eeat i ihe Mom
gim. W is ye iau4 <" lornsts* b«
ktMhn n a no-*eTj fo .
f/tnM tpssis m «fc>o
Ok-Vatesat* fsrinw tw sv«A *0
QWikr-ke ttsan he anave g v*ei
•ml fti s .*% A :.' I ".' e«< ia a he
fwedwevd swsve k n the l aela
Ifejas «U swtertirlas .
Ask Benaparts About Divisiee
GUTHRIE: Charles M Tbacksr,
pr ee<'ntlTig attorney of Greer county
and member of the territorial board
ef regents for normal schools. Is la
Washington. IV C. It ts understood
thai hr vill take up with Attornrv
Oneral Honspsrte th matter of the
dt\isliin .>f 'fitanireit cmiutlea by the
r n tirutlonM romoi'n, grtftig. tf
possible, an opinion regarding the le-
gality of tbe convent I i • action. Tbe
suit of the o«iiml«• inner* of Greer
fimnt* v* the constitutional conven
tlnn wblck tii* km appealed to the
u a • it rWM I «'t. w «s Srougbi
In rharker s name, as r untf att.ir
nef
The teat Weil l.a i. aii eg
end Clinton ran b « s* if
an ineshauo' eu^piy of r-v ea t r
•wr *• -ss• I flrv atel ' "lemeri'ial n«e
TV .'! B'.sat the' «es« of one hun
4 e-,1 gall .e,« p«". n i' <; aad showed
at,, sure «| fgilms I'he WS is 7S
•«*« g«-«j ai-.l will lis 2| feet tn dlatn
Wa tgt sat.d-i ta i t h I ti 22
fewi the iud no nuap
r vi be ' tnu'et-1..:' rfact it
President, ll
indictments good and Judge Oarber
d the same thing.
Following this decision, however.
Mr. Embry moved that the cases be
continued for Ihe term, aud the re-
quest was granted. Recent action by
the Twin Territory Retail Lumber
Dealers' association Is said to have
New Mexico People Protest Agalnat ^,,,*,.,1 the request for a continuance
Removal of Hagerman which was made because Mr. Embry
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M.: Three d(d not have in court the records and
thousand pe pie In a mass meeting books of the Twin Territory assocla-
united In a protest against the reslg- tjon
nation of Governor H. J. Hagerman
ot New Mexico, which was requested
eek ago by President Roosevelt.
Resolutions were adopted vigorously
emontus to onus mm — i _i,nroli
gate to engross, and W. H. H. Llew- 8n(, ref.or()B desired by Embry. About ' J5
ellyn. United States attorney tor |a wpi,k aK„ however. Mr. DuMars 1
New Mexico, who were held respon-
"My little daughter broke out all
over her body \vlth a humor, and wo
used everything recommended, but
without results. I called ln three doc-
tors, but she continued to grow worse. _
Her body was a mass of sores, and her
little face was being eaten away. Her
ears looked as It they would drop off.
' Neighbors advised me to get Cuticura
and Indian Territory Soap und Ointment, and before I had
half of the cake of Soap and box
Ointment the sores had all healed,
my Utile one's face a id body were
J. McCune. Norman: as clear as n new born babe's. I would
I T.; secretary, A. E. Bracket
fisher; treasurer. H. L. Ovctn
can, 1. T.
, King-
, Dun-
dollars. instead of sevonty-flve cents.
Mr3. George J. Steese. 701 Coburn St.
Akron. 0., Aug. 30. 1905."
WANTS ADVICE ABOUT JOB
who are sometimes grander than
those who win renown.—Victor Hugo.
MISSING BOY IS FOUND
Ran Away From Horn* In Monmouth,
law*
TULSA: Harry loupe, aged 16,
held under 12.000 bond.
p T. Walton, the millionaire lum-
ber dealer of Guthrie. Is being used
aa an immunity wltnes a In the*e
Indictments have been returned la
the federal court at Alva against the . _
F A Amsden Lumber company and for several year* missing from his
Ihe Mlnnet.inka Lumber company, to- home la Monm-uth. la . and thought
«,ther with a number of their em- to have been kidnapped, was located
p1 vmb. all doing busmen* In Wordi hert. The boy says he ran away from
county, on charges of violating tha home aad doe* not care to return
Xberman antl-truat law. The disappearance of young Ixiupe
caused widespread attention at the
Blackwell Oil and Gas company time and the father has spent a for-
>f gat at ah ut *0i> feet tun* endeavoring lo find the boy.
on th" Brown lease
sible for the agitation which resulted | ljam Kt.nnedy of Oklali ma City
ln the president's action.
The resolutions stntc that it Is the
hellet ot the people that tho presi-
dent has been deceived as to Hager-
'a acta and as to the state of puh-
rentlment In the terrif-ry, and re-
quest that he do not accept the resig-
nation.
The meeting appointed a commit-
tee of 50 republicans to wait on Hag-
erman In Santa Fe and ask him to
come to Albuquerque to meet the
people and receive the expressions
of their approval of his administra-
tion Messages were read at the
meting fr m other meetings in Las
Vegas. Doming and many other places
in New Mexico.
Lite, miatorlune. abandonment, pov-
erty are the Held* or battle which
President Ask. Attorney General for have «holr_
Opinion on Oklahoma Constitution
WASHINGTON: Inquiry made at
the While house as to f.ie disposition Shak# |nt0 Your 8h0#f
Until recently the secretary of H- ' ^ ^ Allen's Koot-Ka*. It cure. p^M^Jten,
Twin Territory ass-ciatlon has been
J. E. DuMar of Oklahoma City, whe
lias been under subpoe
more than 100 pages
of the document. He had, however.
•tary and Wll I at the request of advisers in congress,
of the Oklah: 111 a constitution!
which was lert with him by llepresen-
| tatlve Watson ot Indiann. brought out
deposed
Th"
LAWTON: Will C. Miller, the
younge«t bootleegger ever arrested In
Oklahoma, was tnken up bv Deputy
United Slates Marshal Walker.
writ Is a negro hoy. 12 years old,
and was caught In the act of selling
whisky to the Indians. S. Marlines?,
the grandfather of the young prison-
er. was arrested for cooperating with
the hov In the crime. Whisky was
found hidden in the boy's home.
■nl the constitution over to the de-
„„ | part ment ot Justice, with a request
named as his successor. fcmbr> learn; j ^ ^ ^ ^ u
ed of th« change . . . and prepare a memorandum of hia lm-
was issued. It was „l, c.^ IIn he of )he for ,he UK
hands ot I nlied a s nutahoma um' information of the president.
Abemathy. who seourc, M wa| tJt when thlg
Clly and the <iiioi> i .' was before Ihe chief executive he
but he could not 'be Not W(Juld exam,ne ,hp „ ln ,he
airing to go to tr a riinti m 1 Lr,lt w hich the memorandum gave
ords. Embry then as t him, and would ixissibly give wime
iiu t'eet. Make« new >boe<
«.« . Sold bv all Druwi.t- and Mew Store*
Don't accept any >ub.iitute. SamiileFUKfc.
Addre A. S. Obu>t«d, 1* Hoy, N. Y.
Ape no greatness. Be willing to pas*
for what you are. A good farthing ia
better than a bad 'sovereign.—Sterne.
The King of Terror.
Itching Piles Is instantly relieved
and promptly cured by Hunt's Cure.
It Isn't the fault of the fair sex if a
secret remains a secret.
The First National bank of Tlllns
has been authorized with a capital
of $10,000.
EXPRESS AGENT ARRESTED
1 hint of his opinion ot It.
Paul Wagner, an erratic young man.
I committed suicide at Enid, where he
was held on a charge of forgery.
PYTHIAN KNIGHTS MEET
Is Indicted for Introducing Whisky Qrand Lodges, Oklahoma and Indian
Into Indian Territory Territory, to Merge Tomorrow
MUSKOGEE: For the first time SHAWNEE: The grand lodges of
In the history of liooie bursting and j oklahoma and Indian Territory,
arrests for Introducing whisky Into Kn,Rhu of and the pythlan
the Indian Territory, an ""tslde ex Sisl!,ra convoutlon h(.r,. wero slven
in their
WASHINGTON Th* United States
-o«rt "f claims hae rendered a de
tlsion holding that the ti .imo .000 trust
funds should be distributed among
ii.piiu eastern Cheiokee Indians m
the Indian Territory ou a per Capita"
ban*. The Indians wanted It distrib-
uted on a "p*r Stlrps" basis. The
distribution Is to he made next tall
Tha bond ' ' • to be distributed cr winter by Ouyon Miller, appointed
Waterworks. 1120.000; by the court for that purpose. Each
ISofvd Isaua of *500.000
VI'SKIH'.KK At a special meeting
nt the cilv council in UO* 0U| 11 1
mull It tfcst a bond Issue of 10ft.000
tv nude, the name to be passed I*
the shal e of an ordinance May ti. and
\ m. ris soon tWreafter as |Hiaslble.
as foil.
s. W '. SV|' "dioid bonds. l"0.-
000. for the puriKise of cieollng a
i igk schtKii in this city.
Indian will get about >125. Miller
will begin Immediately to prepare th*
rolls.
FIR.IURY IN MACKUN CASE
GUTHRIE: Deputy Chris Mitdsen
has arrested Sergeant Puller, forme--
ly of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, sta-
tioned at Fort Reno, on a chargo of
perjury ln connection with the pre-
liminary hearing of Corporal Knowles,
charged with attempting to assassi-
nate Captain Macklin, just prior to
the discharge of the negro soldiers 1 0f "|ndlana and olihet
at Fort Reno. Uuiler swore to an
alltl tor Knowles. He was located
hi re and arrested.
press agent has been placed under In-
dictment 1
The case In point is that of Ed
want Wliite. express agent for the
Wells-Fargo Express company at
Gainesville. Tex., for receiving Intoxi-
cating liquors for shipment.
Last December all express agents
in towns aloog the border of the tcr-
rUon* were warned by Special Agent
johnson not to receive liquor for ship-
ment into the territory. For several
mouths they abided by this order, hut
-ecently. it I* slated, they became
careless and let a great many pack-
ages containing whisky get by them.
a rousing welcome by Shawnee lo the
Elks hall.
Mayor Stearns on behalf of the city
delivered the address ot welcomo and
J. D. Lydlck on behalf of Shawnee
l'^ige welcomed the visitors.
Supreme Chancellor Barnes arrived
and there are over 1,000 In attend-
On Thursday morning the consoli-
dation ot the grand 1 dge of Oklaho-
ma and the grand lodge of Indian Ter-
ritory was scheduled.
Shawnee Is In gala attire for the
1 occasion.
WE CAN
positively
SA VL You
$50 to $150
mm
piano in a
v\Ld
TONliD
W. J. Bryan. Congi
ssman* Landls
notablef
scheduled to participate In Ihe King third annual Oklahoma Interscholastlc
fisher Chautauqua which ipens June track nH,et un the state university
15. '.ground* at Norman.
BEHNING
We slso handle the liigh-grsde Baldwin,
Thd Logan county high echool Pj^;h^cher' Smi,h & NlX0"
total of ti p Ints won the ~ "~
TW fs tie •«( B*<«I«* #«• * « •
<«.«• * I'erkap* yeung Jolir I
is I" have fafgvr ssfary Ui*n tin-
f r«>w'r siiperlatendent of th* Pocan-
tlco hills eslhte reeelvedi
lt\ Ibo ^*10 guverni.ieut ownership
of rSoV.iyt • Ml Moving order tlM'
tletni: Injeliine will |irobabl.v b«> de-
,, , i to n point rt sutnrlent lm-
sent • new | rolilt m.
| Ontaiia bus a man who looks Just
like John D. Rockefeller. Rut no doubt
he can prove a case ot mistaken Iden
Henpecked King of Bkasts. | he crouches close to the floor until
Should some of the strenuous la : her majesty nay feolln better humor
„v bv simply producing his b«k die. of the United Stales happen to No. Indeed. Many human husband,
poo! u he has one visit a ^logical garden, said the | may teel that their wives are _ in
animal fialnter. "they would be
Male Martyr to Female Fashions, j thing, and nowadays I have to hook
"For the flrst time In my life." ob- up three sets of fastenings on three
served the much-married man. "I am ' different layers of my wlfes waists,
getting to have a keen Interest In Ihe j Why. It has got to the point that 1
cflned to domineer But ot complete forthcoming fashions. And It Is all | have to allow myself an extra li mln-
It there fa anything In the report Th'' for""-",
«t the czar's wits are wobbling the ' I ' " ,'.
that
nihilists will probsbly
shall not lack excltci
a brain stosm or two.
to It that he
enough fur
.man who dldn l ' The fact that a rich Philadelphia . couraged In their contempt of man subservience of male to female the of tho present style of women I utes tor dressing tor dinner on at
27 years has. ot *oman has made King Edward laugh 1 The lion Is otlen lauded as the erea king of beasts is tho most striking ex havlng lheir frocks fastened down the | count of the miserable things
, by now "panned the attractive ,,v lier funny stories leaves no further tine of preeminent courugc. But In "
ago. If she had not. her mail would ioubt of the superiority of American domestic life he Isn't a circumstance
b« burdened with proposals humor. I compared with the llonea*. NVhen
l she sniles, he humbly approaches
i,pi,,rr"-."'rr.":.:;.":• c"zszxrs:sr|sisra.4JS r-a--1.i- -
atories an hpril wrile rull, us If it were an Invitation to paint a their mules and thus deprive them of | All4 u pVlchancc she emits a growl, , sraalte.
::Z about how slowly he fell. ' Picture ofjwrlte a symphony. . casus belli
Brick Hous* Most Lasting.
A stone house Is not so durable a«
back. When the fashion flrst came In I then even that allowance Is none too
it seemed lo me that I only had one much. And that is why I look fe-
row of hooks to fasten up. and that verlshly at the fashion pistes to see
was trouble enough. But as time If they show any evidences of
of [ passed the diabolical dressmakers turn to
' were not satisfied with this sort of [ style."
Sohmer and others.
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